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Re: This is the biggest game in (Indy) Colts history

HOLY **** Shade are you just trying to be insanely unnessecarily negative, so that it won't hurt so much if we do lose. We should be the favorites for this game, we won't because all the experts have brady firmly implanted in their brain. But come on.....

We have beat them twice in Foxborough since we last met in the playoffs
We are at Home(we are undefeated this year here)
We can stop the run now, especially at home
We have torched them for 9 TD's in the last 2 years
Most of all they Don't have Ty Law anymore.

Re: This is the biggest game in (Indy) Colts history

HOLY **** Shade are you just trying to be insanely unnessecarily negative, so that it won't hurt so much if we do lose. We should be the favorites for this game, we won't because all the experts have brady firmly implanted in their brain. But come on.....

We have beat them twice in Foxborough since we last met in the playoffs
We are at Home(we are undefeated this year here)
We can stop the run now, especially at home
We have torched them for 9 TD's in the last 2 years
Most of all they Don't have Ty Law anymore.

To be honest, I don't believe the Colts or Pacers will ever win a championship in my lifetime. So though we should win, on paper, I just can't see it happening. And losing this particular game, to this particular team, at home where we're 9-0...it's pretty much the worst loss it could possibly be.

People are jumping back on the bandwagon in droves, which just makes it that much easier for the entire city to be set up for the ultimate loss.

I mean, seriously...can you actually see the Colts winning a championship this year? I'm pretty sure that's the final sign of the apocalypse.

Re: This is the biggest game in (Indy) Colts history

The Patriots have a very solid running game, but unlike LT it is theoretically containable which will help us out. If we can stop LJ we can stop the Pats run, whether or not we will is another question. But they have 4 guys that rushed the ball quite a bit and average 4+ Yards.

Re: This is the biggest game in (Indy) Colts history

Yes, this is the biggest game in the history of the Indianapolis Colts. Thankfully, most fans are already pysched about the game and a great opportunity for the Colts to advance to the Super Bowl. While a minority, I'm quite sick of the negativity. It's winning time people, and the Colts are at home playing a team they can defeat. Be loud and PROUD of your team!

Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.

Re: This is the biggest game in (Indy) Colts history

I hate the long time between games in football, all the discussion and the media hype exhausts me. I want the Colts to get into and win the Super Bowl. But to be honest, I dread the two weeks of hype - especially from the local media.

And if I see one more local TV news report from some local bar about what a bunch of drunk Colts fans think I'm going to lose it. Every local station does the same report from the same bars and the drunk fans say the same things every game - note to the news medai - come up with something new.

Re: This is the biggest game in (Indy) Colts history

The Patriots have a very solid running game, but unlike LT it is theoretically containable which will help us out. If we can stop LJ we can stop the Pats run, whether or not we will is another question. But they have 4 guys that rushed the ball quite a bit and average 4+ Yards.

Maroney's the only guy I'd be too worried about - unless you revert to your regular season style when my grandmother could have gotten 5 YPC - and she's been dead for 20 years. Dillon's a decent possession-type guy and tough around the goal but he won't tear you up any more. Maroney could but I think you're past that.

Re: This is the biggest game in (Indy) Colts history

Actually they have a "thunder and lightning" type duo that will keep the Colts off guard.

Faulk is also good hittin the flats on PAs - the Colts have often left the flats unguarded in there man to man, 7 in the box defensive mindset.

They will be caught off guard?? I think if you hold your playoff opponents to a total of 14 points in two games, they wont be caught off guard by little Laurence Moroney and Corey Dillon. Which in previous weeks stopped Larry"Grandmama" Johnson, nominated for player of the year, and Jamal Lewis one of the featured running backs in the league.

Faulk won't even be a factor in this game.It is in the Dome, which adds a hell of a lot more speed to the Colts ends and outside LBs, in which they already have. The only way the Colts are losing this game is if, they let the Pats stay in it, which happened to San Diego, and cost them the game. The Colts have to separate the lead slowly, but surely.

The Colts won't be playing much man to man vs. the Pats. They did that the last two times they played them in the playoffs and suffered. Unless Ron Meeks wants his *** gone, then he will play more of a zone, conservative look to confuse Brady and force them to run the ball. Once the middle is stopped, it will force the Pats to start swinging the ball outside, which is where the Colts speed for once this year comes into play. Expect a lot of DE Contain in the early moments to force Brady to stay in the pocket and a lot McFarland and company(LBs) to be blitzin the middle, forcing Brady to throw those swing passes and roll right into those containments.

Brady is severely inaccurate when he is scrambling, which he clearly showed today against the Chargers. And if Freeney and Mathis make him move it will be a long day for them.

The Pats D showed the can stop the run, i.e Ladanian Tomlinson, but can they stop the pass. And when you got one of the most accurate QBs in the game, in Peyton Manning, it might be hard to stop that. They will probably stick Asaunte Samuel on Marvin that leaves Ellis Hobbs to cover Regional Wayne...and boy wont that be fun.

Look for a long day for the Pats D and I predict the Colts win big 24-7.

Re: This is the biggest game in (Indy) Colts history

Though for my money, teams that average under 4 yards per carry for the season have a weak rushing game. I certainly wouldn't call the Colts a strong running team and they averaged better than NE did.

Maroney averaged 745 yards on 4.3 YPC over the season with 6 TDs.
Kevin Faulk had 125 yards on 4.9 YPC over the season with 1 TD.
Dillon averaged 812 yards on 4.1 YPC with 13 TDs.

Combined, that's around 4.2 YPC with 20 TDs and just over 1600 yards. I'd consider that a pretty good rushing attack when you consider how much they ran the ball this year. Either way, a RBBC of Maroney and Dillon is the best Brady has had in his career. Dillon has lost a step, but he can still get it done between the tackles.